The website lists a restaurant (Southern Proper in Boston) that shut its doors months ago. The space already has a new tenant, has been renovated and has new signs up.

Edit: It appears the site immediately posts any user submissions without any verification. I posted Toro, and it immediately went live on the site. They’re worth posting, because they’re sharing 50% of gift card proceeds with staff through the end of April: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9zIuPkB4U-/

Yeah, these gift cards are essentially free loans given to borrowers with extremely poor credit. I’m still going to do it, but I’m considering it to be a donation to my local restaurant scene.

It is a bad idea anyway. The revenue will be missing anyway, if not now then later when they are trying to re-bounce but most of their guest come to eat for 'free' (well, already paid, but not for the food).

If one genuinely interested in saving a restaurant should invest or better, donate.